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This article concerns the installation of the server package on a machine prepared as a server, where Internet Information Services and Microsoft SQL Server is already installed. 

Step-by-step guide

1. After downloading the install file, you will place it on your server and execute it.
   
   
2. On some operating systems, files downloaded from the Internet are blocked by default, and you will experience this blocking message: 
   
   
    
   1. If you get this message (or similar on other operating systems), please right-click the install file and select Properties:
      
       
      
      
   2. The option to unblock the file for execution is at the bottom of the window, click Unblock: 
      
      Now, your file is ready to be executed again.
      
      
3.  The first installation dialog is about the installation path. Typically just accept the default and click INSTALL:
   
   
   

4. Next dialog has the main installation information.
   The first two fields are about the SQL Server.
   SQL server hostname:
   If you are installing directly on the server, then (local) is OK.
   If you are using an SQL Express server, you would typically change it to '.\SQLEXPRESS'.
   Name of database catalog:
   The actual name of the database. DVI5 is the preferred default.
    
   
   
   The next fields are about the Internet Information Service settings.
   Web site name:
   The name of the website that is being installed. Plass.Id.Web is the preferred default.

   Warning
   This installer only supports ONE site and database on each server, but you may create more sites and databases manually and edit the web.config file to point to point to a different database.

   Applicationpool identity and password:
   We create a new Application Pool, CustomDVIPool, that is used to execute the server code.
   This pool authenticates itself to the SQL Server using the identity of the pool, not the logged in user, as a server don't need an active user.
   By default, you must enter the user account that you want to be used as the executing account. We recommend creating a user for this purpose, preferably with some relaxed password policy, as you will need to change the password in the CustomDVIPool whenever this account is changing (or forced to change) its password.
   After installation, you may manually change the application pool identity user in step 5 to 9 of this article. You may also change the Database Server Connection
   Use HTTPS:
   The site is configured for HTTPS if you tick this box,  

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10. but it is your own responsibility to obtain, install and maintain the necessary certificate infrastructure behind it.
    
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11. This step is quite long-running, so don't get impatient and break the install...
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12. Finally, the server code and database is hopefully installed 
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13. Test the connectivity and perform initial configuration according to this next article.
    
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